Revision history for Tangence

0.33    2024-09-10
        [CHANGES]
         * Updates for `meta` v0.007:
            * use ->try_get_symbol instead of ->can_symbol
            * use new ->set_subname on returned symbols, avoids awkward
              Sub::Util hackery
         * Requires `Struct::Dumb` v0.14 otherwise tests fail

0.32    2024-01-06
        [CHANGES]
         * Quiet the meta::experimental warnings of meta 0.003_002

0.31    2024-01-03
        [CHANGES]
         * Various module style updates for newer Object::Pad v0.800
         * Swapped unit tests from `Test::More` to `Test2::V0`
         * Dropped many test-time dependencies now they are built-in to
           `Test2::Suite`
         * Use `meta` rather than `no strict 'refs'` hackery

0.30    2022-10-29
        [CHANGES]
         * Updates for Object::Pad v0.70:
            + Use `ADJUST :params` instead of `ADJUSTPARAMS`
            + Use `field` instead of `has`

0.29    2022-06-06
        [CHANGES]
         * Look for `builtin::is_bool` now it's been renamed, and present in
           the perl 5.36 release
         * Use the `:isa(Superclass)` notation of Object::Pad 0.57

0.28    2022-01-27
        [CHANGES]
         * Look for the `isbool` function in perl core's `builtin::`
           namespace, rather than the short-lived and now removed Scalar::Util
           version

0.27    2021-10-18
        [CHANGES]
         * General code modernisation:
            + Use signatures from perl v5.26
            + Use Object::Pad in most classes
            + Use Future::AsyncAwait
            + Use Syntax::Keyword::Dynamically
            + Use Syntax::Keyword::Match in more places
         * Rename the memoizing constructors to `->make` to avoid clashing
           with the generated ones from Object::Pad

0.26    2021-09-12
        [CHANGES]
         * General code modernisation:
            + Use Syntax::Keyword::Match instead of given/when
            + Use Feature::Compat::Try instead of eval {}
            + use VERSION in every .pm file
         * Support core booleans in 'any' type packing
         * Ensure that boolean stream values unpack to real booleans

        [BUGFIXES]
         * Depend on Future >= 0.36 for ->retain method (RT131471)

0.25    2020-01-14
        [CHANGES]
         * Allow servers to disallow access to Registry
         * Disallow clients from accessing objects that haven't already been
           sent to them
         * Customisable root object per connection
         * Added $client->get_registry; discourage the ->registry method
         * Use core's Sub::Util::set_subname()
         * Removed support for protocol minor version 2

        [BUGFIXES]
         * Ensure MSG_SETPROP serialises correctly for non-scalar properties

0.24    2017-11-14 17:48:45
        [BUGFIXES]
         * Avoid harmless warning about wide characters during SvIV test

0.23    2017/01/09 13:40:23
        [BUGFIXES]
         * Fix handling of Inf and NaN float values to work on perl versions
           other than 5.22 (RT118806)

0.22    2016/11/16 23:38:38
        [CHANGES]
         * Rename 'iterators' to 'cursors'
         * Document and support Inf and NaN float values, including on float16
         * Support perl 5.24's lack of "." in @INC

0.21    2015/10/28 21:07:15
        [BREAKING CHANGES]
         * Large API-breaking changes in Tangence::ObjectProxy - now works
           entirely through Futures instead of one-shot continuation callbacks

0.20    2014/08/13 23:23:11
        [CHANGES]
         * Better support for late declaration of Tangence class definitions
           after the main tanfile is loaded

        [BUGFIXES]
         * Fix 'return or' operator precedence (RT97483)
         * Compare floats by approximation during unit tests (RT94404)
         * Fix block folding in syntax/tangence.vim

0.19    2014/03/30 13:33:40
        [CHANGES]
         * Created new Tangence::Type classes to represent the type system as
           firstclass objects
         * Have Tangence::Type provide a suitable default value for
           uninitialised properties
         * Move most of the value pack/unpack code out of Tangence::Message
           into the Type classes
         * Support floating-point numbers as a native format
         * Pack/unpack smashed objects using type-specific serialisation

        [BUGFIXES]
         * Quiet 'experimental' warnings about given/when

0.18    BUGFIXES:
         * Handle void-returning method signatures correctly
           (RT#83637)

0.17    CHANGES:
         * Minimal minor version 2
         * Expose ->class and ->can_method / ->can_event / ->can_property
           on both Tangence::Object and Tangence::ObjectProxy

0.16    CHANGES:
         * Bumped wire protocol minor version to 3:
            + Support GETPROPELEM operation
            + Support WATCH_ITER for queue property iteration
         * Internal rewrites to some unit tests for neatness

0.15    BUGFIXES:
         * Fix Tangence::Message on clientside when dealing with minor
           version 2 servers, by actually 'use'ing classes it requires

0.14    CHANGES:
         * Bumped wire protocol minor version to 2:
            + Provide wire-level struct record serialisations
            + Encode classes as structs rather than use introspection dict
         * Recognise struct definitions in the tanfile parser
         * Minimum supported minor protocol version is now 1; minor version 0
           is no longer supported

0.13    CHANGES:
         * Bumped wire protocol minor version to 1:
            + Encode strings on the wire (dict keys and class names) as
              Tangence strings
            + Give classes ID numbers to refer to in CONSTRUCT messages,
              rather then full class name every time

0.12    CHANGES:
         * Defined MSG_INIT for server/client version negitiations
         * Implement it in the server, but not yet in the client as it crashes
           pre 0.12 servers
         * Implement types as first-class metadata values

        BUGFIXES:
         * Implement respondERROR since it is actually being used

0.11    BUGFIXES:
         * Handle UPDATE messages on objset properties correctly

0.10    BUGFIXES:
         * Fix memory cycle testing bug

0.09    CHANGES:
         * Renaming/reworking of internal metadata classes
         * Optionally use Sub::Name to apply names to subscription / watch
           callbacks

0.08    CHANGES:
         * Optionally use Sub::Name to name generated property
           accessor/mutator methods
         * Further improvements to metadata layer

0.07    CHANGES:
         * Redesign of metadata layer to use real objects rather than
           unblessed hashrefs for structural information
         * Optionally parse (but currently ignore) argument names in methods
           and events
         * Created a parse+dump script to test the parser

0.06    CHANGES:
         * Look up Tangence interface metadata from a specified file, rather
           than per-class package variables.
         * Added Tangence::Compiler::Parser

0.05    CHANGES:
         * Added documentation to some of the classes
         * Moved the Net::Async::Tangence tree into its own module

0.04    CHANGES:
         * Properly split out lower-level abstract Tangence code, from
           IO::Async-based Net::Async::Tangence wrappers
         * Added some initial documentation to Tangence::Stream, ::Client and
           ::Server

0.03    CHANGES:
         * Weaken references between objects and connections to remove
           memory cycles
         * Move all the IO::Async-based code into its own namespace tree of
           Net::Async::Tangence

0.02    CHANGES:
         * New Meta::Class introspection objects
         * Bugfixes for test reliability due to the way stream writes/reads
           get split

0.01    First version, released on an unsuspecting world.